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. >> captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> wooduff: president obama renewed his call for stricter gun laws today, saying "shame on us if we've forgotten" the tragedies at newtown and elsewhere. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the "newshour" tonight, we update the lobbying efforts on both sides of the gun issue and talk with reporters in connecticut and arizona about the investigations into shootings there. >> wooduff: then, we turn to same-sex marriage, after two days in the spotlight at the supreme court. we get perspective from religious leaders. >> suarez: public media reporter cathy lewis examines the very real impact of across-the-board federal spending cuts on a southeastern virginia community that relies heavily on the military. >> wooduff: and we close with two stories on child development. how do you prevent bullying? a program in seattle is having success using babies. >> when i first heard about the program, i thought that's crazy to bring a new infant in a classroom of 23 five-year-olds. but then i saw it in action and i
. >> captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> wooduff: president obama renewed his call for stricter gun laws today, saying "shame on us if we've forgotten" the tragedies at newtown and elsewhere. good evening, i'm judy woodruff. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the "newshour" tonight, we update the lobbying efforts on both sides of the gun issue and talk with reporters in connecticut and arizona about the investigations into shootings there....
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the man that president obama has tapped to be his next spy chief says that the white house goes through agony to make sure that there are no collateral deaths in these attacks. >> a panel of senators brimming with questions. barely a few words in, the first interruption but not from politicians. >> i am honored to appear before you today as the president's nominee. >> would you hold please? i will ask the police to please remove this woman. >> four times, protesters interrupted at the hearing. there was a vocal opposition to the program and to john brennan becoming the next director. he was questioned over his past involvement in enhance interrogation techniques. >> i've expressed my personal objections to my colleagues about certain of those situations such as water boarding, nudity, and others. i've expressed my personal objections but i did not try to stop it because it was something that was being done in a different part of the agency under the authority of others. >> when asked about john strikes, he criticized the protesters. >> i think there is an impression on the part of some
the man that president obama has tapped to be his next spy chief says that the white house goes through agony to make sure that there are no collateral deaths in these attacks. >> a panel of senators brimming with questions. barely a few words in, the first interruption but not from politicians. >> i am honored to appear before you today as the president's nominee. >> would you hold please? i will ask the police to please remove this woman. >> four times, protesters...
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guess which one the obama campaign is focusing on? the steel plant in kansas city where people's jobs are lost. >> well, if you look here you can see the play button, they also put the videos on this romney economics web site to make it very easy for people to see both a two-minute version and the six-minute longer version where very heart felt pleas by people who worked here saying if bain hadn't come in, if romney hadn't been here we would still have jobs and we wouldn't have lost our pension. >> can we see an excerpt of that? >> why don't we go to the videotape? >> suarez: i think we can. >> it came in and sucked the life out of us. >> it was like watching an old friend bleed to death. >> as i look around at the millions of americans without work, it breaks my heart. >> suarez: let's remember that if you had to buy the national time to show this to 185 million people that would be expensive. this is cheap. >> the obama campaign told me it has put this... a version of this ad on the evening news in five states. that's a drop in the
guess which one the obama campaign is focusing on? the steel plant in kansas city where people's jobs are lost. >> well, if you look here you can see the play button, they also put the videos on this romney economics web site to make it very easy for people to see both a two-minute version and the six-minute longer version where very heart felt pleas by people who worked here saying if bain hadn't come in, if romney hadn't been here we would still have jobs and we wouldn't have lost our...
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on wednesday, we'll have full coverage of president obama's push for new gun laws. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> viking river cruises. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by captioning sponsored by wpbt >> this is n.b.r. >> tom: good evening. i'm tom hudson. facebook wants you to think graphical. the social networking powerhouse takes the wraps off a new way to track your friends. >> susie: i'm susie gharib. good evening. what does that new tool mean for facebook investors? we ask technology analyst scott kessler. >> tom: an
on wednesday, we'll have full coverage of president obama's push for new gun laws. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> viking river cruises. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st...
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obama is satisfied with a second-rate american economy. >> president obama has had three years to turn things around. all we have to show for it now is $3.7 trillion more in debt and climbing, nearly two million fewer jobs, a congress that hasn't passed a budget in more two years, a health care takeover that he pre-tends we can afford, and a fiscal crisis he pre-tends we can ignore. we've tried it president obama's way. it's only made the economy worse. >> ifill: that argument might be taking hold. the new poll shows for the first time mr. obama is in a statistical dead heat with at least one potential republican challenger, mitt romney. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke conceded today the economy remains weak, but said temporary factors like high gas prices and fallout from the crisis in japan are the cause. he predicted growth will pick up later this year. but do americans believe that? we explore that now with susan page, washington bureau chief for "u.s.a. today." mark vitner, senior economist for wells fargo in charlotte, north carolina. and tom binnings, senior partner at sum
obama is satisfied with a second-rate american economy. >> president obama has had three years to turn things around. all we have to show for it now is $3.7 trillion more in debt and climbing, nearly two million fewer jobs, a congress that hasn't passed a budget in more two years, a health care takeover that he pre-tends we can afford, and a fiscal crisis he pre-tends we can ignore. we've tried it president obama's way. it's only made the economy worse. >> ifill: that argument might...
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on wednesday, we'll have full coverage of president obama's push for new gun laws. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> viking river cruises. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st century. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> this is "bbc world news." funding for this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. and union bank. >> at union bank, our relationship managers work hard to know your business, offering specialized solutions and capital to help you meet your growth objectives. we offer expertise and tailored s
on wednesday, we'll have full coverage of president obama's push for new gun laws. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. we'll see you online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> bnsf railway. >> viking river cruises. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21st...
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: president obama today pledged a thorough investigation of the weekend killings in afghanistan, calling them "outrageous and unnacceptable." good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, judy woodruff has the latest on the massacre, and what's known about the suspect. >> ifill: then, as gas prices head toward the four dollar mark and beyond, we assess what can be done to bring them down. >> suarez: in his third and final story from japan, miles o'brien looks at the concerns and confusion over food safety after the nuclear meltdown. >> in tokyo they are promoting produce grown in fukushima-- but they claim it is all tested for radiation. cesium readings are posted right beside the price. >> ifill: from our american graduate series, hari sreenivasan reports on a west virginia law that keeps students from getting driver's licenses if they fail to attend school. >> i like the idea of having motivation of doing good in order to get my license. >> suarez: and we close with a profile of a youn
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: president obama today pledged a thorough investigation of the weekend killings in afghanistan, calling them "outrageous and unnacceptable." good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> suarez: and i'm ray suarez. on the newshour tonight, judy woodruff has the latest on the massacre, and what's known about the suspect. >> ifill: then, as gas prices head toward the four dollar mark and beyond, we assess what can be done...
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president obama's health care for the nation is. and to the degree that they can make this a debate about obama's law not romney's massachusetts experiment they will. >> woodruff: so they changed their mind. and what provoked the change of mind? what happened? >> because most of the conservatives on the ballot and raising money and contributing to romney want this to be a mandate election on health care and taxation. republicans believe that once you take the health care law and the mandate-- which was unpopular in the polls already-- and add a taxing provision to it as the supreme court said, you put two things together that benefit republicans generally. the mandate is unpopular and if it's called a tax, republicans on the political wing believe that's a double victory so romney has moved from "penalty" to "tax" largely to reflect that ideological perspective. >> woodruff: major, how does this criticism we're seeing, we saw the "wall street journal" lead editorial today and otherings like rupert murdoch saying they're dissatisfied
president obama's health care for the nation is. and to the degree that they can make this a debate about obama's law not romney's massachusetts experiment they will. >> woodruff: so they changed their mind. and what provoked the change of mind? what happened? >> because most of the conservatives on the ballot and raising money and contributing to romney want this to be a mandate election on health care and taxation. republicans believe that once you take the health care law and the...
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those are a number of things that obama is talking about. i'd also note that when you do the math and you include as one should the spending cuts that were just enacted last month in all of the non-entitlement programs, when you take the numbers, you remove the war spending-- i agree with phil there-- and you use the same budget baseline, the same measuring rod that both simpson and the gang of six today, you'll actually find the obama package is more than $2 in spending cuts for every dollar in revenue. >> ifill: does your math equal that? >> bob and i need to open up a spreadsheet after the show and do the math. there's going to be a mix of politics and policy. you know, for me it's fine actually for the president to put out his vision and give the kind of angry speech. that's fine. everyone should just understand last week was policy. this week is politics. hopefully those two can merge and both sides have to say, you know, we're going to move from where we are just saying no. but the president is playing the same game he's decrying. that
those are a number of things that obama is talking about. i'd also note that when you do the math and you include as one should the spending cuts that were just enacted last month in all of the non-entitlement programs, when you take the numbers, you remove the war spending-- i agree with phil there-- and you use the same budget baseline, the same measuring rod that both simpson and the gang of six today, you'll actually find the obama package is more than $2 in spending cuts for every dollar...
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president obama was in henderson, nevada, getting ready. last night he tried to lower expectations for himself at a rally in las vegas. >> i know folks in the media are speculating already on who is going to have the best zingers. >> you are! i don't know about that. who is going to put the the most points on the board. >> you are! no, no, governor romney is a good debater. i'm just okay. >> woodruff: by contrast a prominent romney supporting was out hyping his candidate's debating skills. new jersey governor chris christie on cbs's face the nation yesterday. >> i've seen mitt romney do this before. he's going to come in wednesday night and lay out his vision for america. he's going to contrast what his view is and what the president's record is. and the president's view for the future. this whole race is going to be turned upsidedown come thursday morning. >> woodruff: like wise president obama's senior advisor david pluf offerd this assessment on nbc's meet the press. >> challengers tend to benefit from debates. we've expected all along t
president obama was in henderson, nevada, getting ready. last night he tried to lower expectations for himself at a rally in las vegas. >> i know folks in the media are speculating already on who is going to have the best zingers. >> you are! i don't know about that. who is going to put the the most points on the board. >> you are! no, no, governor romney is a good debater. i'm just okay. >> woodruff: by contrast a prominent romney supporting was out hyping his...
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you've also been talking to the obama camp in chicago. there s there a chance they'll take a moment to sell health care reform in the country? >> you heard what the president said when he talked about stories of health care reform saying it's not about the politics but the people behind it. that was the message communicated to the campaign volunteers. they had an all staff meeting in chicago. people described it as emotional and people really wanted to start telling the stories of people helped by health care reform. you'll see a lot of that on television, certainly on the internet, youtube videos, that thing. and michelle obama is the first campaign... first person on the campaign trail. she did an event in memphis and she said "get the details of health care reform. help people understand what's in it. she went through line by line and talked about the things in it. that will be the new type of message communication here for them. >> woodruff: just quickly, a sense that conservatives energized by this? >> you're seeing it not just from
you've also been talking to the obama camp in chicago. there s there a chance they'll take a moment to sell health care reform in the country? >> you heard what the president said when he talked about stories of health care reform saying it's not about the politics but the people behind it. that was the message communicated to the campaign volunteers. they had an all staff meeting in chicago. people described it as emotional and people really wanted to start telling the stories of people...
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back in the south, newt gingrich focused on president obama and gas prices. today at a gulf coast energy summit in biloxi mississippi. >> the president is trapped. on the one hand he does believe in a green energy high technology very expensive energy get away from all fossil fuel theory of life. on the other hand he is faced with americans who drive trucks and cars which rely on fossil fuels. >> woodruff: as gas prices keep rising, a new abc "washington post" poll showed the president's approval dipping below 50% again. at the white house spokesman jay carney played down the finding. >> the president and the administration is not focused on polling data. we are obviously aware that americans are paying a very high price when they fill up their gas tanks. and the president is focused on that and concerned about it. and understands the kind of impact that has on hard working american families who are trying to make ends meet. >> woodruff: the rising price of gas increasingly shapes up as an issue this fall but for now the republican hopefuls were mainly focuse
back in the south, newt gingrich focused on president obama and gas prices. today at a gulf coast energy summit in biloxi mississippi. >> the president is trapped. on the one hand he does believe in a green energy high technology very expensive energy get away from all fossil fuel theory of life. on the other hand he is faced with americans who drive trucks and cars which rely on fossil fuels. >> woodruff: as gas prices keep rising, a new abc "washington post" poll showed...
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obama. 49% of obama voters say the same about romney. so what does this tell us about the mood of the electorate? for that, we turn to andrew kohut of the pew research center, and mark blumenthal, senior polling editor of "huffington post." andy, as you looked at your poll numbers today, what was the most revealing thing that told you about what voters are thinking? >> voters areless interested in this campaign. they're more critical of its negativity. but 80% of republicans and 79% of democrats say it matters who wins. and if you look at all of the turnout indicators they suggest high turnout. probably at the 60% level as we saw in 2008 and 2004. we're not going tv 51%-52% turnout. people are engaged, but they're engaged in a negative way. >> ifill: people are engaged, mark? >> i think one of the no nuggets from the pew research survey that stood out was the percentage of african americans who said they're paying a lot of attention to the campaign. that's 70%. >> pelley: i>> ifill: is that m? >> it's the same as 2008. so if it signals t
obama. 49% of obama voters say the same about romney. so what does this tell us about the mood of the electorate? for that, we turn to andrew kohut of the pew research center, and mark blumenthal, senior polling editor of "huffington post." andy, as you looked at your poll numbers today, what was the most revealing thing that told you about what voters are thinking? >> voters areless interested in this campaign. they're more critical of its negativity. but 80% of republicans and...
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obama was born elsewhere. and polls show substantial numbers of republicans believe the claim. >> i know that there's going to be a segment of people for which, no matter what we put out, this issue will not be put to rest. >> lehrer: mr. obama released the short version of his birth certificate during his campaign in 2008. today, white house officials released the long-form, showing again that he was born in honolulu, hawaii on august 4, 1961. >> i've got better stuff to do. but two weeks ago when the republican house had put forward and a budget and when i gave speech about my budget, during this entire week, the dominant news story wasn't about these huge monumental choices that we're going to have make as a nation, it was about my birth certificate. and that was true on most of the news outlets that were represented here. >> lehrer: the president then appealed to the nation to refocus on what he called enormous challenges the nation faces. >> i'm speaking to the vast majority of the american people, as wel
obama was born elsewhere. and polls show substantial numbers of republicans believe the claim. >> i know that there's going to be a segment of people for which, no matter what we put out, this issue will not be put to rest. >> lehrer: mr. obama released the short version of his birth certificate during his campaign in 2008. today, white house officials released the long-form, showing again that he was born in honolulu, hawaii on august 4, 1961. >> i've got better stuff to do....
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so obama reversed course. and now we're in a situation where there is no specific date, no specific destination, just embracing some technologies that will allow nasa to push beyond low earth orbit. will there be funding for that? will there be the political will and leadership to follow through? those are big questions. >> dr. jemison, did nasa make, short term, the right choices. don't head off on something until you know where you are headed? >> well, i don't think it's an issue of don't hid off. i think the issue is reallies what con tell says is going somewhere -- con tell says is going somewhere and was it worth waiting until 2028 to get rid of the space station and shuttle program and not have any human involvement in space. so i think it was the right answer given the budget constraints, given the time and what we needed to do. i think that one of the pieces that's lost in this is that the commerce space flight effort is really important because now we're really ushering in another era of space explora
so obama reversed course. and now we're in a situation where there is no specific date, no specific destination, just embracing some technologies that will allow nasa to push beyond low earth orbit. will there be funding for that? will there be the political will and leadership to follow through? those are big questions. >> dr. jemison, did nasa make, short term, the right choices. don't head off on something until you know where you are headed? >> well, i don't think it's an issue...
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: president obama began a three-day bus tour today to drum up support for his jobs plan. his road trip comes after a weekend of protests against social inequality. good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, kwame holman reports on the demonstrations in more than 100 cities. and we assess the growing movement and its impact, here and abroad. >> ifill: then we look at the role of big money super pacs in the 2012 presidential campaign. >> brown: ray suarez interviews f.c.c. chairman julius genachowski about new consumer- friendly rules for wireless companies. >> ifill: betty ann bowser talks to the author of a new book about the addictions of two medical revolutionaries. he loved the way cocaine made him feel. he was very interested in its psychological components. but he got to like it a little bit too much. >> brown: and we close with excerpts from yesterday's dedication of a new memorial in the nation's capital for civil rights leader martin luther king, jr. >> come and walk in my sho
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: president obama began a three-day bus tour today to drum up support for his jobs plan. his road trip comes after a weekend of protests against social inequality. good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, kwame holman reports on the demonstrations in more than 100 cities. and we assess the growing movement and its impact, here and abroad. >> ifill: then we look at the role...
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and so did president obama. watched the game aboard air force one at 30,000 feet erie americans on the international space station were beamed in from an even higher altitude. back down on terra firma, it isn't just about love of country, there is a growing love of the game. for the generations that grew up playing soccer, they have now come of age. soccer excited because has never really been that big in america but it is getting bigger. >> soccer is actually building up your. people are watching games, going to stadiums. acknowledgedg and natural sport here. >> 25 million people watched america's previous match, and that is a record. >> is not just americans who have become more passionate about football. the viewing figures are staggering. ander than the nba finals bigger even than the baseball world series. team usa ended up on the losing side today. was unquestionably the winter. >> greg is still with us. i'm going to push back on all the football fever in america a little bit. when world cup rolls around,
and so did president obama. watched the game aboard air force one at 30,000 feet erie americans on the international space station were beamed in from an even higher altitude. back down on terra firma, it isn't just about love of country, there is a growing love of the game. for the generations that grew up playing soccer, they have now come of age. soccer excited because has never really been that big in america but it is getting bigger. >> soccer is actually building up your. people are...
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evelyn farkas was deputy assistant secretary of defense for russia, ukraine and eurasia during the obama administration. she's now executive director of the mccain institute at arizona state university. welcome back to you both. evelyn, you support ukraine becoming a member of nato now. why? evelyn: ukraine has earned it. we gave them a political agreement back when we took their nuclear weapons that we would defend them if they were invaded. the countries that were supposed to defend ukraine did defend ukraine to some extent but not to the extent that ukraine expected. since then ukraine has been fighting to uphold the international order, this entity of borders, which russia has violated repeatedly, and now the most battle hardened, capable military on the continent. amna: -- ali: charles, has ukraine earned it? charles: i'm all for helping ukraine and doing our best to help them recover as much of their territory as possible. but i part ways on the question of whether nato should open its doors and offer membership to ukraine at this point. president biden and nato allies are helping
evelyn farkas was deputy assistant secretary of defense for russia, ukraine and eurasia during the obama administration. she's now executive director of the mccain institute at arizona state university. welcome back to you both. evelyn, you support ukraine becoming a member of nato now. why? evelyn: ukraine has earned it. we gave them a political agreement back when we took their nuclear weapons that we would defend them if they were invaded. the countries that were supposed to defend ukraine...
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andrew kohut explains the latest poll numbers, showing strong support for the way president obama is handling the negotiations. >> the democrats are better regarded in this negotiation than the republicans by a lot. >> warner: plus ray >> warner: plus, ray suarez gets two views on proposals to raise the age of eligibility for medicare to 67, from 65. >> woodruff: it's bottoms up tonight for miles o'brien who reports on genetic links to alcoholism and other addictions. >> so far as i know, there's no law against reporting under the influence, so here goes something. >> warner: and we talk with ambassador marc grossman about prospects for afghanistan as the u.s. prepares to withdraw troops by 2014 and as he leaves his post as u.s. special envoy to the region. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the alfred p. sloan foundation. supporting science, technology, and improved economic performance and financial literacy in the 21
andrew kohut explains the latest poll numbers, showing strong support for the way president obama is handling the negotiations. >> the democrats are better regarded in this negotiation than the republicans by a lot. >> warner: plus ray >> warner: plus, ray suarez gets two views on proposals to raise the age of eligibility for medicare to 67, from 65. >> woodruff: it's bottoms up tonight for miles o'brien who reports on genetic links to alcoholism and other addictions....
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obama spoke >>wn: anas theigat stoo mourng. as we heard, president obama came to boston today to attend a memorial service for victims of the bombing. hundreds lined up before dawn this morning, hoping to secure one of the 2,000 seats in boston's roman catholic cathedral of the holy cross. tight security blanketed the area and many were turned away. >> we have to live, we have to go on with our lives. we don't know why things happen and it could be any on eof us and i know we just pray and we just stay strong with each other. >> when i see stories, i get really sad, really sad. it bothers me on so many levels, but boston is tough. this city is tough, we'll get through it. >> brown: inside, prominent politicians, including massachusetts senators elizabeth warren and mo cowan and former governor and presidential candidate mitt romney, joined in honoring the bombing victims. mayor thomas menino, who missed the marathon because of a broken leg, praised boston for its strength in the face of the tragedy. >> nothing can defeat the he
obama spoke >>wn: anas theigat stoo mourng. as we heard, president obama came to boston today to attend a memorial service for victims of the bombing. hundreds lined up before dawn this morning, hoping to secure one of the 2,000 seats in boston's roman catholic cathedral of the holy cross. tight security blanketed the area and many were turned away. >> we have to live, we have to go on with our lives. we don't know why things happen and it could be any on eof us and i know we just...
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barack obama raised $5 million in 2008. rick tyler, how much more money do you think is needed to president the presidency this time with both campaigns basically firing on our guns? >> he could easily see upward of all the spending amounting somewhere close to a billion dollars. i would go back to -- a vision will trump the money. i think tad framed it exactly right. if you have a candidate who can actually say, "i have a vision to get us out of this mess. how can we move forward and create jobs? what is our vision for the future?" people will sign on to that. money will come secondary. absent a void, money will be the deciding factor. that would be unfortunate. >> ifill: it's fair to say post convention when everybody starts from zero again, the flood gates open again. rick? >> absolutely. i don't see a change in course of direction at this point. >> ifill: tad? think what we're going to see is massive spending. any money left over from the primary because nobody has accepted public funding can be rolled over into a gener
barack obama raised $5 million in 2008. rick tyler, how much more money do you think is needed to president the presidency this time with both campaigns basically firing on our guns? >> he could easily see upward of all the spending amounting somewhere close to a billion dollars. i would go back to -- a vision will trump the money. i think tad framed it exactly right. if you have a candidate who can actually say, "i have a vision to get us out of this mess. how can we move forward...
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president obama did talk about climate change in his election night speech. there are signs that he thinks about this as kind of a legacy issue. he's someone who cares a lot about his legacy. this would be sort of a decade, century-long issue that would cement his place. >> ifill: we'll see what he does next, if anything. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. >> brown: again, the major developments of the day: house republicans made a counter-offer on how to avoid the "fiscal cliff." it calls for $2.2 trillion in savings over ten years, but no hike in tax rates. and the u.n. announced it's pulling nonessential international staffers from syria, while u.s. officials warned the syrian government not to use chemical weapons on its people. online, an update to a law in saudi arabia renews a debate about male guardianship. hari sreenivasan has more. >> sreenivasan: now whenever a saudi woman leaves the country, her husband or father receives a text message. the recent changes to the long- held system of male guardianship sparked outrage on twitter recently.
president obama did talk about climate change in his election night speech. there are signs that he thinks about this as kind of a legacy issue. he's someone who cares a lot about his legacy. this would be sort of a decade, century-long issue that would cement his place. >> ifill: we'll see what he does next, if anything. thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. >> brown: again, the major developments of the day: house republicans made a counter-offer on how to avoid the...
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she previously worked for the obama administration working on health care reform. and tevi troy is a senior fellow at the hudson institute. he served as mitt romney's healthcare policy adviser during the presidential campaign. and tevi troy, if we phase in a higher age for medicare eligibility, do you really save much money? >> yeah, over a ten-year period we're looking at $125 billion in savings. over a 75-year period we're looking at a trillion dollars off medicare's long-term liability. so this is real money. it makes a real difference. over 20 years 5% savings. look, the kohut argument is that people want cuts but they don't want to pay for the cuts. policymakers have to make choices about what the best cuts are. >> suarez: are there any countervailing costs we have to worry about? if you move the bar from 65 to 67 don't people arrive at the threshold after years of underinsurance or uninsurance sicker and thus more expensive than this would have been if they enter the program earlier? >> there are problems and there's not perfect and neera's study talks about
she previously worked for the obama administration working on health care reform. and tevi troy is a senior fellow at the hudson institute. he served as mitt romney's healthcare policy adviser during the presidential campaign. and tevi troy, if we phase in a higher age for medicare eligibility, do you really save much money? >> yeah, over a ten-year period we're looking at $125 billion in savings. over a 75-year period we're looking at a trillion dollars off medicare's long-term...
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obama still plans to attend the g-20 gathering in st. petersburg, next month, but has added a side visit to sweden instead. and secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary chuck hagel will meet with their russian counterparts in washington on friday. >> brown: was the president right to cancel the meeting? and where does this leave u.s.- russian relations? stephen sestanovich teaches international diplomacy at columbia university. he served in the state department during the reagan and clinton administrations. dimitri simes is president of the center for the national interest. he just returned from a trip to russia where he met with senior russian officials. welcome to both of you. stephen sestanovich was it the snowden asylum in the end that led to this and do you think it was the right move. >> i think it was a key factor in the decision but it wasn't the most important issue. what it did was force the administration to take careful stock of where the relationship stood. what's going on they had to ask, and is this meeting goin
obama still plans to attend the g-20 gathering in st. petersburg, next month, but has added a side visit to sweden instead. and secretary of state john kerry and defense secretary chuck hagel will meet with their russian counterparts in washington on friday. >> brown: was the president right to cancel the meeting? and where does this leave u.s.- russian relations? stephen sestanovich teaches international diplomacy at columbia university. he served in the state department during the...
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macneil/lehrer productions >> president obama appeals to congress to stop what he termed a "political circus" in washington and pass a $450 billion jobs creation package. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, an excerpt of the president's remarks. >> woodruff: and we get the latest on the rising floodwaters and evacuations inç the northeo and mid atlantic states. >> brown: ray suarez reports on the verbal jousting among g.o.p. presidential hopefuls at last night's debate. >> woodruff: tom bearden continues our coverage of the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with a look at how life has changed for air travelers since the terror attack. >> a lot of americans don't feel that they should be patted down. it's not necessary to be patted down. but when you try to take things on the plane that don't belong, then it is necessary. >> brown: and we close with a conversation with author amy waldman. her new novel imagines a 9/11 memorial designed by a muslimçç american. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the
macneil/lehrer productions >> president obama appeals to congress to stop what he termed a "political circus" in washington and pass a $450 billion jobs creation package. good evening. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. on the newshour tonight, an excerpt of the president's remarks. >> woodruff: and we get the latest on the rising floodwaters and evacuations inç the northeo and mid atlantic states. >> brown: ray suarez reports on the verbal...
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obama is sticking to his guns. and congressional democrats, like house minority leader nancy pelosi, welcomed the president's plan. >> elections have consequences. the president campaigned-- he made it very clear, he made it very clear that he was supporting a tax cut for the middle class, that he wanted the expiration of the tax cuts for the high end. and the american people know that debate, they voted for him. >> warner: still, despite all the tough talk, reporter todd zwillich of wnyc and public radio international says there's more movement behind the scenes than meets the eye. >> there does tend to be a pattern to how big negotiations like this go. the fact that they haven't reached an agreement yet doesn't mean they won't before christmas, doesn't mean they won't before new years. there is a value in doing some public posturing and trying to get the public and the media on your side in these negotiations. the speaker may be right, it may be a stalemate right now. but that doesn't mean a stalemate can't be br
obama is sticking to his guns. and congressional democrats, like house minority leader nancy pelosi, welcomed the president's plan. >> elections have consequences. the president campaigned-- he made it very clear, he made it very clear that he was supporting a tax cut for the middle class, that he wanted the expiration of the tax cuts for the high end. and the american people know that debate, they voted for him. >> warner: still, despite all the tough talk, reporter todd zwillich...
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obama also pointed to the auto bailouts he backed for g.m. and chrysler, and the jobs they saved. >> there were a lot of politicians who said it wasn't worth the time and wasn't worth the money. in fact, there are some politicians who still say that. well, they should come and tell that to the workers here at orion, because two years ago, it looked like this plant was going to have to shut its doors. all these jobs would have been lost, the entire community would have been devastated. ( applause ) >> suarez: meanwhile, at a pittsburgh steel mill, one of the president's republican challengers-- texas governor rick perry-- unveiled his energy and jobs proposal. it would involve opening more federal lands, such as alaska's arctic national wildlife refuge, for energy production; increasing offshore drilling in the gulf of mexico and the atlantic ocean; and stripping the environmental protection agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gases. perry said the plan would create 1.2 million jobs. >> this american jobs plan is we are standing atop the
obama also pointed to the auto bailouts he backed for g.m. and chrysler, and the jobs they saved. >> there were a lot of politicians who said it wasn't worth the time and wasn't worth the money. in fact, there are some politicians who still say that. well, they should come and tell that to the workers here at orion, because two years ago, it looked like this plant was going to have to shut its doors. all these jobs would have been lost, the entire community would have been devastated. (...
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. >> suarez: president obama counsels patience as he toured a sign factory in washington d.c. he also said again that progress needs to come faster. >> climbing out of any recession much less a hole as deep as this one takes some time. the road to recovery doesn't follow a straight line. some sectors bounce back faster than others. so what we need to do is keep pushing forward. we can't go backwards. >> suarez: mr. obama's own economic advisor christina romer agreed even as she gave notice she's stepping down from her job, she cited family reasons. more now about the jobs picture and deciphering what is going on behind the numbers. it comes from two guests who regularly watch these matters for us. economist lisa lynch is the dean of the heller school for social policy and management at brandeis university. she's a former chief economist for the labor department and was also a director for the federal reserve bank 6 boston. and david leonhardt-- leonhardt is an economics writer and economist for "the new york times". lisa lynch what do these latest numbers tell you about the he
. >> suarez: president obama counsels patience as he toured a sign factory in washington d.c. he also said again that progress needs to come faster. >> climbing out of any recession much less a hole as deep as this one takes some time. the road to recovery doesn't follow a straight line. some sectors bounce back faster than others. so what we need to do is keep pushing forward. we can't go backwards. >> suarez: mr. obama's own economic advisor christina romer agreed even as...
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. >> reporter: but that sense of mission drove a very public spat with president obama last fall over when iran's program had to be stopped before it became impervious to attack. netanyahu famously set the red- line for israel at the u.n. >> the red line should be drawn right here. >> reporter: mr. obama has pledged to prevent a nuclear- armed iran, but hasn't laid out a red line of his own. >> iran's leaders should understand that i do not have a policy of containment. i have a policy to prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> the cooperation between our defense establishments is extraordinary. >> reporter: the u.s. and israel are working together with international sanctions against iran, close intelligence cooperation and what's thought to be a covert campaign of sabotage. but tehran continues enriching uranium, which it insists is for peaceful power generation only. and monday tehran said it had launched a monkey into space, showing off the kind of missile prowess that could be harnessed to deliver a nuclear warhead. >> the iranians are playing a cat and mouse game. >> re
. >> reporter: but that sense of mission drove a very public spat with president obama last fall over when iran's program had to be stopped before it became impervious to attack. netanyahu famously set the red- line for israel at the u.n. >> the red line should be drawn right here. >> reporter: mr. obama has pledged to prevent a nuclear- armed iran, but hasn't laid out a red line of his own. >> iran's leaders should understand that i do not have a policy of containment....
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last week president obama appointed vice president biden to head up a meeting. it was last thursday up on capitol hill. bipartisan meeting. bicameral meeting to try to.... >> ifill: vice president promptly left for finland. >> reporter: republicans made note of that. but the white house chief of staff bill daily, the budget director jack lou involved on a daily basis. bill daily was on the phone with eric cantor the house majority leader yesterday. eric captor pressing the white house asking what is your plan to close the $52 billion difference between the two sides right now? the pressure now is look to go the white house and the senate democrats to say the republicans have passed their plan in the house. it's not going to get much further. where is your plan that is a serious plan because the ones they have now really just extends the levels with a minor cut. everybody when you talk to democrats up on the hill say they're going to need to go further to meet the republicans somewhat along the way. >> ifill: we heard joe manchin the freshman senator from vest vi
last week president obama appointed vice president biden to head up a meeting. it was last thursday up on capitol hill. bipartisan meeting. bicameral meeting to try to.... >> ifill: vice president promptly left for finland. >> reporter: republicans made note of that. but the white house chief of staff bill daily, the budget director jack lou involved on a daily basis. bill daily was on the phone with eric cantor the house majority leader yesterday. eric captor pressing the white...
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endorsem barack obama says he is the man for the moment. president obama: joe has the character and experience to guide us tough one of the darkest times and heal us through the recovery. laura: ompic dreams deferred. two athletes generation apart coped with being able to compete. ♪ if you are wating on pbs and ound the globe, welcome to world ns america. as the number of coronavirus infections in years 2 the u.s. has more reported cases and deaths than any other country. over 25,000 people in america have died. the rate of new infections is slowing but california's sgovernor laid out plan for how and when to lift the the president says he has total power reopen the economy. the governor says he is not a king. porter: america isti h. coronavirus has claimed over 25,000 lives. nearly 600,000 people have been infected. the economy reeling. 17 million unemployed in three ek schools have closed. president reporter: last night at the briefing, the president spent the first 45 minutes railing a the media for being unfair to him. president trump
endorsem barack obama says he is the man for the moment. president obama: joe has the character and experience to guide us tough one of the darkest times and heal us through the recovery. laura: ompic dreams deferred. two athletes generation apart coped with being able to compete. ♪ if you are wating on pbs and ound the globe, welcome to world ns america. as the number of coronavirus infections in years 2 the u.s. has more reported cases and deaths than any other country. over 25,000 people...
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first, the reaction from the obama administration. nancy ann deparle is the director of the white house's office of health reform. i spoke with her earlier today. nancy ann deparle, welcome. how big a blow was last week's ruling. how do you assess it? >> as you pointed out there are about two dozen of these lawsuits across the country. last week a decision by judge hudson was one of three that have gone to the merits and the other two ruled that the personal responsibility or individual responsibility requirement was in fact constitutional. this is one where the judge ruled it was not constitutional. these cases are just proceeding through the system. 14 of them have already been dismissed. >> brown: what is the constitutional argument that you think will overcome objections? the florida judge, for example, has not ruled but he did compare allowing the government to force people to buy insurance to forcing people to eat broccoli. >> well, he did. i think the lawyer representing the government pointed out that we're not talking about b
first, the reaction from the obama administration. nancy ann deparle is the director of the white house's office of health reform. i spoke with her earlier today. nancy ann deparle, welcome. how big a blow was last week's ruling. how do you assess it? >> as you pointed out there are about two dozen of these lawsuits across the country. last week a decision by judge hudson was one of three that have gone to the merits and the other two ruled that the personal responsibility or individual...
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you see obama in the lighteroi blue states there. illinois and iowa, new york today rhode island, newcu hampshire, connecticut, these are blue states, gwen. they're not talking a lot of persuadable voters. >> ifill: they're not even trying for the purple states any more. >> not some of. that is a map about trying to get your most hard-core supporters out. >> ifill: so what is it you are watching most closely.ck if you have to pick aco handful of those states coast-to-coast, what are you watching, therefore wee should be watching? >> well, on the house side i'm watching both the 48thwo district that john mccain won where a democrat currently serves. f because in this environment it will be hard for those democrats to hang on to whatub might be a republican-tilting district, as well as those freshman and sophomore democrats that won on the wave in '06 and '08. if they can hang on without di a wave in their parties direction. so on the house side that's what i am watching.yl on the senate side, pennsylvania, illinois,th nevada, colorado
you see obama in the lighteroi blue states there. illinois and iowa, new york today rhode island, newcu hampshire, connecticut, these are blue states, gwen. they're not talking a lot of persuadable voters. >> ifill: they're not even trying for the purple states any more. >> not some of. that is a map about trying to get your most hard-core supporters out. >> ifill: so what is it you are watching most closely.ck if you have to pick aco handful of those states coast-to-coast,...
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obama national security council spokesman noting that u.n. sanctions now ban iran from importing the material said the announcement calls into further question iran's intentions. observing and listening to what they're saying over there has been the impact of the wikileaks documents that have been released on their mind set going into this? >> you know, my suspicion is that it's a kind of binary impact. on the one hand it's got to play to mr. paranoia and increase their concerns about the level of hostility that they face in the region and about the success that the u.s. has had in sort of pulling together a regional and an international coalition to oppose iran to deal with some of the concerns posed by iran. but i suspect on another level the iranians were also feeling somewhat inflated by having access to all this information. this is the kind of dream come true for the folks who spent years piecing together shredded documents from the embassy back in 1979. they have access to all the calculations, all the discussions, the
obama national security council spokesman noting that u.n. sanctions now ban iran from importing the material said the announcement calls into further question iran's intentions. observing and listening to what they're saying over there has been the impact of the wikileaks documents that have been released on their mind set going into this? >> you know, my suspicion is that it's a kind of binary impact. on the one hand it's got to play to mr. paranoia and increase their...
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captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: president obama sent his jobs bill to capitol hill today, and once again pressed lawmakers to pass it right away. good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we explore one piece of the plan, new funding for infrastructure programs like repairing crumbling bridges, roads, and schools. >> ifill: then we look at new fallout in the financial world, as bank of america announces plans to cut 30,000 jobs, and markets slump in europe over the deepening debt crisis. >> woodruff: jeffrey brown gets an update from margaret warner in egypt about anti-israel demonstrations and simmering unrest in cairo's streets. >> warner: what we pickd up from egyptians we talked to here is is just incredible frustration. a feeling of impotence as opposed to the empowerment we felt when we were here in february. >> ifill: ray suarez examines some early promise for treating alzheimer's disease with an insulin nasal spray. >> woodruff: and we have the story of russian circus performers, whose extraordinary talen
captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions >> ifill: president obama sent his jobs bill to capitol hill today, and once again pressed lawmakers to pass it right away. good evening. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. on the newshour tonight, we explore one piece of the plan, new funding for infrastructure programs like repairing crumbling bridges, roads, and schools. >> ifill: then we look at new fallout in the financial world, as bank of america...
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obama of failing to lead. today, they portrayed his speech as a do-over. the president gave congressional leaders a personal preview of the speech at the white house this morning. but republicans emerged cool to his plan, especially to tax hikes. >> i think the president heard us loud and clear. if we're going to resolve our differences and do something meaningful, raising taxes will not be part of that. >> reporter: mr. obama anticipated those objections in his speech. >> some will argue we shouldn't even consider raising taxes, even if only on the wealthiest americans. it's just an article of faith for them. i say that at a time when the tax burden on the wealthy is at its lowest level in half a century, the most fortunate among us can afford to pay a little more. >> reporter: the president's overall strategy today, was to draw a sharp contrast to republican ideas. especially, to last week's proposal by paul ryan, chair of the house budget committee. he called for reductions of more than $5 trillion over 10 years, well beyond the obama numbers. ryan woul
obama of failing to lead. today, they portrayed his speech as a do-over. the president gave congressional leaders a personal preview of the speech at the white house this morning. but republicans emerged cool to his plan, especially to tax hikes. >> i think the president heard us loud and clear. if we're going to resolve our differences and do something meaningful, raising taxes will not be part of that. >> reporter: mr. obama anticipated those objections in his speech. >>...
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for his part, president obama quickly signed the temporary bill into law. he called it "good news just in the nick of time for the holidays". the president then boarded air force one bound for hawaii, where he was born and spent part of his youth. he will join his family there for the holidays. the congressional action to extend the payroll tax cut was enough to buoy wall street. the dow jones industrial average gained 124 points to close at 12,294. the nasdaq rose 19 points to close at 2,618. for the week, the dow was up more than 3.5%; the nasdaq rose 2.5%. in the presidential campaign, vice-president biden and republican mitt romney traded jabs, with the iowa caucuses looming. in "the des moines register", the vice-president wrote that romney would "settle for an economy in which fewer people succeed, while the majority tread water or fall behind". but romney insisted the president's policies are hurting the country, and he said: "i don't think they understand from fantasyland what's happening in real america." the tributes flowed amid solemn ceremony to
for his part, president obama quickly signed the temporary bill into law. he called it "good news just in the nick of time for the holidays". the president then boarded air force one bound for hawaii, where he was born and spent part of his youth. he will join his family there for the holidays. the congressional action to extend the payroll tax cut was enough to buoy wall street. the dow jones industrial average gained 124 points to close at 12,294. the nasdaq rose 19 points to close...